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Access to Markets: Cooperatives Benefit Beginning Farmers

August 14, 2018Beginning Farmers No Comments
Access to Markets: Cooperatives Benefit Beginning Farmers

By Jake Stukenberg, NFU Intern Cooperatives can provide services and products that help young and beginning farmers start up their own operations. Whether you are a dairy farmer, a grain … Read More

Access to Markets: Cooperatives Support Rural Communities

August 7, 2018Beginning Farmers No Comments
Access to Markets: Cooperatives Support Rural Communities

By Jake Stukenberg, NFU Intern Cooperatives have proven to be one of the most beneficial business models, particularly in rural areas where certain services or products would be unavailable to … Read More

Access to Markets: Cooperative Business Structures

July 31, 2018Beginning Farmers No Comments
Access to Markets: Cooperative Business Structures

By Jake Stukenberg, NFU Intern Cooperatives can come in all shapes and sizes. Whether it is a local grocery store stocked with all local products made from area producers or … Read More

Access to Markets: Member-Owner Responsibility to a Cooperative

July 25, 2018Beginning Farmers No Comments
Access to Markets: Member-Owner Responsibility to a Cooperative

By Jake Stukenberg, NFU Intern The most definitive aspect of the cooperative business model is that the members or producers own the business. This allows producers to drive their cooperative … Read More

Access to Markets: Financing a Cooperative Business

July 17, 2018Beginning Farmers No Comments
Access to Markets: Financing a Cooperative Business

By Jake Stukenberg, NFU Intern No farmer can start a cooperative alone. Cooperatives are the product of collaboration among many individuals with a shared goal of providing a needed service … Read More

Access to Markets: Beginning Farmers Introduction to Cooperatives

June 26, 2018Beginning Farmers No Comments
Access to Markets: Beginning Farmers Introduction to Cooperatives

By Jake Stukenberg, NFU Intern Farming can be a daunting career to pursue, especially as a young farmer or rancher in the current farm economy. Given the various barriers to … Read More

Access to Efficiency: Harmonized GAP FSMA Alignment

June 19, 2018Beginning Farmers No Comments
Access to Efficiency: Harmonized GAP FSMA Alignment

By Chelsea Matzen, FSMA Project Director On June 5, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., and U.S Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a joint effort to simplify produce safety requirements … Read More

Access to Markets: Farmer’s Share of the Food Dollar

June 12, 2018Beginning Farmers No Comments
Access to Markets: Farmer’s Share of the Food Dollar

Historical Document Curated by Tom Giessel, NFU Honorary Historian It is abundantly clear to anyone who has seen National Farmers Union’s Farmer’s Share that farmers receive only a small portion … Read More

Access to Land: Colorado Land Link

June 6, 2018Beginning Farmers No Comments
Access to Land: Colorado Land Link

By Jake Stukenberg, NFU Intern Nationwide, farmers are beginning to age out and retire from their service to produce. Are young people turning to farming to as the established generation … Read More

Access to Efficiency: Rural Towns Support Family Farms

May 23, 2018Beginning Farmers No Comments
Access to Efficiency: Rural Towns Support Family Farms

By Lisa Everhart Myers, Demeter Farm March was an unusual month at Demeter Farm. It was a month filled with farming convention visits, spring snow storms, and, the very best … Read More

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